1998 Honda Accord?

Question

I have a 1998 Honda Accord V6 Coupe. What exactly does the Performance chip do? When I bought it the woman said she just put a brand new on in it and it cost her like $700 .....I dont know much about cars. Oh and another thing...What if when I let off the gas it shifts kinda hard, is that normal? And do these cars really last over 300,000 miles?!!

Answer 1

well if she did add a chip then you v tec on the car should open harder and you air to fuel will be mixed better. now the trans is probably going on the car, or because people never have the mechanic check everything, one of your trans mounts is really worn out and has to be replaced. i would go have a mecheanic check all the motor mounts first and the trans mounts. the mounts are like $120, or a bit more. and cheaper than changing the transmission or rebuilding it. also do not let them change the fluid in the transmission either. thats a temporary fix that all mechanics do and it ends up making your transmission break faster. i know because i did it to a car of mine and my cuzin whos a mechanic told me it goes faster because of changing the fluid. i would go have the mounts inspected first. then if they cant find anything wrong with the mounts its the transmission.

Answer 2

The performance chip can cause it to shift hard. All it does is change the fuel to air ratios and maybe change at what rpm the transmission shifts at. If you take car of it and keep the oil changed it should last a long time.

Answer 3

the performance chip changes the factory settings that control things like fuel/air mix, spark etc to increase the performance of the motor. As for lasting a lot of miles, I found that by switching over to mobil one synthetic oil and using good filters ( I use Fram) I get up 300,000 miles on most of my vehicles, as opposed to 150-180,000 on regular oil. I buy it in 5 gallon jugs from walmart for $25.00. It's a little more than regular oil, but pays for itself in the long run.

Answer 4

there are some opportunities. first, examine to work out that the rheostat is grew to become all the way Up. the rheostat is the brightness controller for the device panel lighting fixtures fixtures. it particularly is a 'stalk' that comes out of the gauge cluster face decrease than and to the left of the speedometer. turn the knob to the superb for finished brightness and to the left to prepare the lighting fixtures fixtures down. if the rheostat does not deliver the lighting fixtures fixtures back to existence, then examine the fuses. you have 2 fuses--one on the motive force's facet fuse block and the different on the passenger facet fuse panel my wager is you in basic terms checked the single via the motive force's facet. look on your proprietor's handbook for the fuse numbers; the device panel lighting fixtures fixtures could be interior the passenger facet fuse panel and could be a ten amp fuse. that panel could be at the back of a conceal on the area of the sprint that the door closes against. edit-- is the vehicle an EX type or an LX type? If the vehicle is an EX type then the subject is with a foul taillight relay. The taillight relay is placed at the back of the superb kickpanel decrease than the superb fringe of the device panel. The taillight relay is the single component that the device panel and hind lights have in effortless and if it does not artwork, none of those lighting fixtures fixtures will artwork desire that facilitates

Answer 5

Older Honda automatics were not perfect-shifters. But they are well built transmissions. My '96's shift quality is TERRIBLE, but then again, it has over 200,000 miles, and the transmission has never had a problem.

Answer 6

$700 for a chip? someone is telling you stories. the car will probably last 300k easy. however the autotrans on those year v6 cars is known to have problems